Quality / ISO 9001 Training & Consulting
Quality Assurance is an ever more integral part of the way the business world works and implementation of the ISO 9001 standard into your business practices will demonstrate to clients that it is your aim to provide and maintain a quality product or service. The adoption of the ISO 9001 Quality standard has helped our clients to improve their capability, develop their understanding and application of their procedures.
‘Our experience is your assurance’.
ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems Standard
This standard was first published in 1994 and revised in 2000, 2008 and the current revision is 2015; it describes the essential contents of a Quality Management System based on the established Plan/Do/Check/Act principle which is also implemented in the ISO 45001 Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems and ISO 14001 the Environmental Management Systems standards. If your organisation is already certified to one or more of these management systems, then it also provides the opportunity to integrate / merge the systems.
ISO 9001 Training Packages
Our sister company QHSE Scotland offers three ISO 9001 training courses in relation to this standard which complement the development of your ISO 9001 management systems , or can assist in the ongoing management and maintenance of an existing system.
The first is the ISO 9001 Foundation course which explains the standard and how it relates to business. It’s an excellent introduction to the standard and allows the participants to determine the standards specific relevance to their own business and how they will apply the standard successfully.
The second is the ISO 9001 Internal Auditor course for those organisations who are implementing the standard for their business. To achieve this aim there will be the requirement to set up and maintain their system and to undertake their own Internal Audits. This course will provide the knowledge and competence to conduct effective internal audit programmes.
The third is the ISO 9001 Lead Auditor course for those organisations who require to implement, manage and maintain the standard for their business. To achieve this aim there will be the requirement to set up, maintain and improve their system and to undertake and lead their own Internal Audits. In addition, a Lead Auditor will be qualified to conduct external supplier audits when they achieve IRCA Lead Auditor status (note: a Lead Auditor will require to observe and lead a number of External Audits prior to achieving Lead Auditor status in addition to the IRCA certified ISO 9001 Lead Auditor course completion). This course will provide the knowledge and competence to conduct, lead and develop an effective internal audit programme.
Experience and Approval
Our auditors and trainers are registered with the International Register of Certificated Auditors (IRCA), which is administered by the Chartered Quality Institute. We have specialists in the Quality field who have many years’ experience in the audit and assessment of quality management systems across a broad spectrum of industry and commerce.
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.